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Weekly Planetary Radio Trivia Contest Weekly Planetary Radio Trivia Contest

Each Monday, Planetary Radio asks listeners a question. Listeners must send in their answers to planetaryradio@planetary.org by the following Monday. The winner will be chosen by a random drawing from among all the correct entries received. This week's prize is a collector's edition Cosmos 1...

 
Dawn Dawn

Dawn Journals: Dawn Project System Engineer Marc Rayman is contributing updates on the status of Dawn to The Planetary Society Weblog! Oct 31, 2009: Taking up residence in the asteroid belt Sep 27, 2009: Good performance means a longer stay at Vesta! Aug 30, 2009: Earth catches up Jul 31, 2009:...

 
 
Searching for Missing Landers Searching for Missing Landers

Read a recent addition to our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter topic section.

 
Chandrayaan-1 Chandrayaan-1

NEWS: Contact was lost with Chandrayaan-1 on August 27 at 20:00 UTC.The coming era in space exploration is proving to be one with increased interest in the Moon, with missions from ESA, China, Japan, India, and NASA. Perhaps the most international and most ambitious of these efforts was the...